Elizabeth Schechter's Blog, page 48

A certain movie…

There’s a certain movie coming out, written by a certain Bigot. And I know a lot of people are conflicted about wanting to see it, but not wanting to support said Bigot.

So… here’s a suggestion. Go. Go see the movie. Enjoy it. (Let me know how it is. I’m not interested in going. I’m waiting for Thor and the next Hobbit movie.)

Then… donate the cost of your ticket toFCKH8, orIt Gets Better, or some other QUILTBAG organization.

AND do it in HIS name.

If enough people do it, then his head just might...

Finished

Two years.

3 NOVELS worth of words.

I’ve lost track of how many fandoms.

And the epic is finished.

On His Brother-in-Law’s Secret Servicestarted as Sherlock fanfic. Then… The Man from UNCLE sneaked in. Then Torchwood. And Buffy the Vampire Slayer. And Doctor Who. Then Cabin Pressure. And The Avengers. And X-Men. (and a very sneaky reference to two other fandoms, one that NO ONE caught until I outed the character, and the other than no one has called me on yet.)

Oh, and there are the side stories.O...

Crawls out from under a rock.

Yes, I know. It’s been a while. just about a month.

Busy month, healthwise. Apparently, I’ve run down the warranty on the meat puppet.

Since September 1st, I’ve been told:

I have bursitis in my right knee.
I have non-celiac gluten intolerance. (not quite celiac disease, but it behaves the same).
I have early stage arthritis in my right foot.
I also have tendinitis in my right foot.

The last two add up to this:

Which means that for the past week, I’ve been unable to do anything BUT sit. (I can’t drive...

Writer, on writing.

A friend asked for an example of how to write a cover letter for a short story submission. This is what I came up with in the five minutes before I had to leave to go off to pick my son up at school. Now it’s a good format, but given what I WROTE here, I’m wondering just where my head is today:

Dear Mister Thus-and-Such,

In a world where chocolate is forbidden, Farfel the Dog has to discover how to liberate the cocoa masses before the cookies burn.

Attached is my short story, Theobroma Nights, w...

Heed Thy Mistress Blog Tour!

I am part of the Heed Thy Mistress blog tour. Over the next few days, you can find me, along with Cameron Quintain (The Viscountess Investigates, which I LOVE) and TammyJo Eckhart (Beyond the Softness of His Fur, which is on my e-reader) as we answer questions in various blogs.

Today, we’re at Circlet.

Then, the schedule is as follows:
3 Chicks After Dark on9/18
Jenny Trouton 9/19 or 20
Circlet again,
The Sub Club 9/24
Lady Lucretia at BDSM Book Reviews 9/25 or 26
And then back home to Circlet.

New Release: “From Dusk ’til Dawn”

Out today is my new novella “From Dusk ’til Dawn,” from Pagan Writers Press.

(Yeah, it’s a little picture. I’ll get a larger one.)

You can find it on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Smashwords and All Romance Books.

Another Excerpt from Sable Locks

Not everything happens on the fourth floor. William explores one of the other rooms in the house in this excerpt:

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William stopped outside a door that was almost identical to all the other doors on this floor, and all the doors that he’d gone through on his other nights in the House. This one was made unique solely by the brass plaque that read “Brigantine.” Nothing in the name gave any hint of what to expect inside the room.

This was the last room. He’d tried all the others, on both floors....

Cover reveal — From Dusk ’til Dawn.

I’ve got a novella coming out next week. From Dusk ’til Dawn is part of the For the Love of the Gods anthology from Ishtar Press, the romance imprint of Pagan Writers Press. From Dusk ’til Dawn will be released as an e-book stand-alone novella, then will be rolled into the print anthology.

And here is the LOVELY cover thatAngelique Mroczka made for me!

And the blurb:

When Delan stumbled into the Temple, he wasn’t expecting to be welcomed as a Temple servant. He wasn’t expecting his only duty to...

Writer, on writing

I wrote this after an artist that I like posted to tumblr about the reaction she’s gotten when she showed her first major piece of writing to someone. That person was basically horrible to her. This was my response to her story:

My very dear. I am a published writer. And I can tell you the basic secrets behind how you get to be good at writing.

You keep at it.

NO ONE is born a great writer. We learn. Through trial and error and sweat and blood and tears and rejections. I’ve racked up enough reje...

Administrative announcement.

This is just to let the universe at large know that, as of yesterday, I am no longer involved in ANY capacity with Central Florida Romance Writers.